![Why Do I Fix Everything I Touch Fix it Felix holding a golden hammer while looking upwards in despair why do I fix everything I touch?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/034/336/tempsnip.jpg)
Why Do I Fix Everything I Touch
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Why Do I Fix Everything I Touch is a reaction image of Fix-It Felix from the 2012 Disney animated movie Wreck-It Ralph. The image, which originally circulated as a GIF in 2013, features Felix with a hammer in hand saying "Why Do I Fix Everything I Touch?" The reaction image became popular on Reddit with added captions in June 2020.
Origin
On November 2nd, 2012, the Disney movie Wreck-It Ralph was released and featured a scene in which Fix-it Felix is locked in a room with bars, and in an attempt to escape he accidentally makes the bars thicker and asks, "Why Do I Fix Everything I Touch?" On March 9th, 2013, The clip was first uploaded to YouTube by Tornadosplash44 and gained over 10,000 views in seven years (shown below). A gif of the scene was uploaded to the Wordpress[1] blog Disneysplosion on May 9th.
On June 13th, 2020, Redditor RegularNoodles uploaded a screenshot of the scene and added the caption "kid: literally snaps his leg in half/ The school nurse after putting ice on it:" to r/memes[2] and received over 60,9000 points (97% upvoted) in three days (shown below).
![School Nurse Kid: *literally snaps his leg in half* The school nurse after putting ice on it: Why do I fix everything I touch?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/688/d34.jpg)
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On June 14th, 2020, Redditor BengalsBoss99 posted another captioned example of the image to r/memes[3] and garnered over 24,600 points (98% upvoted) in two days. That same day, Redditor AntifaAI posted an example captioned, "China giving women rights after starving 30 million of heir own people" to r/historymemes[4] (shown below, right). The meme accumulated over 5,300 points (96% upvoted) in two days.
![Flex Tape Phil swift after slapping flex tape on everything Why do I fix everything I touch?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/689/3c1.jpg)
![China China giving women rights after starving 30 Million of their own people Why do I fix everything I touch?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/690/9e4.jpg)
The next day, Redditor anotherformerlurker posted a captioned gif variation to r/dankmeme[5] and gained over 11,400 points (94% upvoted) in a day (shown below).
Upgrades, people! from r/dankmemes
Various Examples
![Simp ME AFTER BECOMING MY FRIENDS SIMP SO SHE DOES NOT MAKE A ONLY FANS Why do I fix everything I touch? imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/691/9f9.jpg)
![Midas Midas when he accidentally touches something and turns it into gold Why do I fix everything I touch?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/692/7fc.jpg)
![Karen Karen after mentally abusing her children, getting a struggling businessman fired, and suing a guy for existing all while going home from church Why do I fix everything I touch?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/693/806.jpg)
![Art Why do I fix everything I touch?!?!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/694/902.png)
![Art Why do I FIX everything I ITT TOUCH? schizodolph.deviantart.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/695/021.png)
![Controller ME: THROWS CONTROLLER CONTROLLER DOESN'T WORK ME: THROWS IT AGAIN CONTROLLER WORKING AGAIN Why do I fix everything I touch? imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/699/f7d.jpg)
Template
![template Why do I fix everything I touch?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/862/697/ae8.png)
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